Jane Campbell

Chartered Civil Engineer

Professional biography

I am a Chartered Civil Engineer. I worked for a year with Atkins (previously WS Atkins) doing research and development, mainly in the field of vermiculture (using worms for sludge disposal!!). I then moved to MWH as a graduate. I held a number of roles in my first four years to give me a broad understanding of the business and to prepare me for my chartered review.

Summarised these were:

Six months in Strategy

Six months in Hydraulics

Twelve months as Graduate Engineer in Networks

Twelve months as Project Engineer in Networks (also managing a major (£1M) research project in Storm Water Treatment)

Six months on construction site for Water Treatment Works

Chartership

Twelve months as Project Manager in Networks

Twelve months in current role as Project Manager for Work Processes and Systems for our EMEAI region (Europe, Middle East, Africa and India )

When I first joined the company I created an electronic report that significantly changed the way that MWH produced client reports. I continued to develop this around my 'normal' workload. This has been an important 'tool' for the company both in terms of internal efficiency and providing a marketable differentiator. As a result of this work, I moved to my current role in Business Process Management. I am no longer doing traditional civil engineering but am in a role where I can have an impact on the engineering efficiency of large programmes of work (>£500M), as well as individual projects.